The National tribune., 1887-02-17

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from where they fought on the first day, 20 the
avenue opened on the left Of the First Corps.
/ We have contracted for 10 fine monuments TO
designate the main positions Of the regiments
and other organizations, and in addition to this
will be tablets showing subsequent places held
! by them. All the monuments are 70 be erected
and everything in readiness by the LIST of Sep
TENDER next. The second Wednesday of Sep
tember will be dedication day, and large
attendance Of Ohio people is expected. Every
] organization that participated IN the battle
will send representatives.
ave will have some prominent Ohio soldier
ms orator of the day, and there viii be num-
Der Of other speeches and exercises. The de-
signs for the monuments are all irst-class, ana
some Of them are exceedingly handsome and
appropriate. Ohio will take the lead in this
respect, as she usually does"
There was a peculiar appropriateness IN
making Gen. Robertson the head of the COM
mission; Cor, with the exception Of Gen. Hunt,
Of the artillery, who was appointed from Ohio,
/ he Is the ranking man from that State who par
! ticipatod in the engagement. de went into
the battle on the first day, ranking Colonel in
! his brigade, and a short time after the hight
! opened, such was the fury and slaughter with
which il ragged that he was the senior officer
Of the division, but had hardly taken COM
mand Of il when he himself was struck down
with a very severe wound. Comrade hiese-
j MtAAGls VIM aCCoilpdllNa AiAhf was M -
listed man in the 46th Ohio, and was severely
wounded at the battle of Resaca. III. A. Ak
/ line, the other member of the commission, was
but Is at the time the war broke out. He
served in the l59th and l96th Ohio.
DINNER AT $1,000 A PLATE.
Speaking of Jackson" continued the Gen
eral, reminds me that ] gave there probably
the SWEETEST dinner that was ever known on
this or any other continent After we got pos
session ] went 10 the hotel and ordered dinner
for a lot of u.s. There sat down TO 1t Gems.
/ Grant, Sherman, Mcpherson and others, with
their stats There were Just 40 Of us. Ii was
not an especially good dinner, but as we were
very hungry we enjoyed il highly. AT the
conclusion ] went TO the landlord TO settle he
did not know just how TO make out the bill,
and after talking to him a little, remembered
that VIC had captured a rebel Commissary
who was on his way TO Texas TO buy beef cattle.
| He had with him great loads OF Confederate
money. which he carried in sacks. turned 10
Jim Wilson, of Iowa, our Provost Marshal:
jim, said ], how much money have
your
About 5000. 200, / think he answered.
40 Landlord said j, will s., 600 plate, Con-
federate money, settle your billy
d" You ought 10 have seen him look.
JIM i said TO Wilson, count him out
$4,000 which was done ! heard that the
landlord put the money into real estate at once,
and became very wealthy man. Grant Sher-
man, Mcpherson and the rest used TO have a
great deal to say about my $4,000 dinner"
WHO HE WAS.
IN tell you who the man was who raised
the flag on the State House at Jackson, Miss, u
said Gen. w. II. Clark the other day. The sub.
ject had come up during a course of pleasant
comment on Col. Fred Grants very interesting
articles in TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. "lt
was" continued the old Adjutant- General of
i fl,o A nr Ia Tannaccao Can't n fadla ~
Assistant Adjutant-General for Gen. Croker,
who then commanded the Seventh Division
which made the decisive charge into the town
Cadle as nice fellow as ever lived, married q
lovely little woman, and they have lived hap.
PLY ever since, their main sorrow being that
no children have come 10 brighten their charm.
ing home. Cadle is in the coal and iron bust
ness at Bockton, Bibb Co. Ala, and has made
fortune, as he deserves TO, God bless him"
THE GREAT DIRECTOR.
Mr.. Randall. although he keeps lynx eye
on all legislation, and very often blocks the
passage of measures Of private or other nature
in which his colleagues may be especially IN
terested, is not feared so much as Mr.. Holman
in this respect. Mr. Holman's title of the
"Great Director" is well given, for every Mem
Der who has a measure which he wishes TO pas:
must first find whether Mr.. Holman will objeci
or not. He is undoubtedly the most unpopular
Member in the House, although the new Rep
resentative from Louisiana, Mr.. Wallace, whC
has also assumed the roll of objector, is push
ing him very hard for the first honers 1t no
infrequently happens that members who ar,
thwarted in their efforts 10 secure considera
tion Of bills vent their Indignation in free
terms. A day or two since rather an interest
ing scene occurred, in which Mr.. Holman and
Mr. Blount, Of Georgia, figured. Mr.. Holman
for no other reason, IL was said, than "pur,
cussedness," objected 10 some proposition Of Mr.
Blount, when the latter walked over TO his sea
and gave him tongue flashing which sent th'
shivers all over him, and which was quite en-
J joyed by the dozen or more Members wh'
heard il.
LOGAN MEMORIAL MEETING.
The Logan memorial meeting, held one even
! ing last week under the auspices OF the Bethe
Literary and Historical Association at tn
Metropolitan A. NJ. L. Church, was attended b,
large number Of the best class of the coloret
citizens of the District Mr. Langston, ex
Minister 10 Hayti, was introduced by John w
Cromwell, who presided, and delivered Tia,
Grafton Of the evening. Speeches were ais
delivered by Prof JAS Storem, Col. NJ NJ. Hol
land and Rev. VIM. Warning, and a letter o
regret from Roscoe Conkling, stating that onl.
business Of an imperative nature prevente
him from being present and delivering an ad
dress on the occasion, was read by the Secretary
Ii was resolved by the Association TO set apar
the 9th of February, Logan's birthday, as an
nual memorial day, and resolutions Of sympath,
and coincidence with the family were adopted
! and an engrOssed copy Of them sent TO Mrs.
, Logan.
! GEN. HAZEN's SUCCESSOR.
. While il is known that great many arm
officers are eager TO succeed Gen. Hazen q
Chief Signal Officer, very few formal applica
tiOns have been filed at the War Department
IL is thought, however, that a number an
: bringing their influence TO bear upon the Pres
dent direct, while many more, realizing th
uselessness OF making a move during the pre-:
ent unsettled condition Of affairs in the Sigma
Service, are quietly watching events. Shout
, Congress fail TO transfer the service TO civ
branch Of the Government the applicants Wi
make siege upon the White House and Wa